In the perfect setting of the Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay, Jonathan Cohen and Les Violons du Roy give us Beethoven’s majestic Seventh, its humanistic message and its irrepressible drive for freedom and universal fellowship, as well as this composer’s musical representation of the myth of Prometheus, incredibly current in its evocation of the very foundations of ethics. The program also highlights Mozart, undisputed champion of melody and instrumental brilliance.
Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN, Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43 (The Creatures of Prometheus), excerpts
Joseph HAYDN/Ignaz PLEYEL, Die Feuersbrunst, Hob.XXIXa:4 (The Fire), Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e
Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN, Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92